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package org.apache.hadoop.nfs.nfs3.request;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.nfs.nfs3.FileHandle;
import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.XDR;

/**
 * An NFS request that uses {@link FileHandle} to identify a file.
 */
public abstract class NFS3Request {
  
  /**
   * Deserialize a handle from an XDR object
   */
  static FileHandle readHandle(XDR xdr) throws IOException {
    FileHandle handle = new FileHandle();
    if (!handle.deserialize(xdr)) {
      throw new IOException("can't deserialize file handle");
    }
    return handle;
  }
  
  /**
   * Subclass should implement. Usually handle is the first to be serialized
   */
  public abstract void serialize(XDR xdr);
}
